Comberton
village · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Comberton is named from the Old English 'cumb' (valley) and 'tun' (settlement or farmstead). It means a settlement in a valley.
Word origins
- Comber
- Old EnglishAttestedvalley settlement(from cumb "valley, hollow", tun "settlement, farmstead")
- ton
- Old Englishsettlement(from tun "settlement, farmstead")